Searching for Acknowledgement

Searching for Acknowledgement

I went searching for acknowledgement

that I was worthy of

embrace ~ acceptance ~ love and care

but met with only disappointment there

until the day I realized

I was looking in the wrong places

acknowledgement of my own worth

begins and ends with me

for we each our own battles wage

with fears we ourselves contrive

so immersed are we

in our created worthlessness

we often miss opportunities

to acknowledge the worth

of someone else standing in front of us

Now the Sun shines brighter down

on heart which once bore scars

of fears of never being “good enough”

to be valued to be worth being loved

and now I so clearly see

acknowledgement of my own worth

begins and ends with me

~*~ Regina Ann

5/10/2011